Chapters

• Public participation and access to justice in the IED
• Aarhus Convention
• The Aarhus Convention - an Implementation Guide
• UNECE
• The Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC)
• Results of the Committee’s work
• IED shall be compliant with the Aarhus Convention – Recital 27
• Access to information (1/2)
• Access to information (2/2)
• Who is „the public”
• Non-discrimination clause – Art. 3.9 of the Convention
• Public participation
• Public participation – scope according to IED
• Who is „the public concerned”
• Foreign public concerned
• Public participation: general rules and steps according to Art. 6 Aarhus
• Early and effective
• Reasonable time-frames
• Non reasonable time-frames
• Reasonable time-frames
• Notification
• (In)adequate notice (1/2)
• (In)adequate notice (2/2)
• (In)effective notice
• Access to relevant information
• (Non)confidentiality of information
• Access to relevant documentation for foreign public
• Possibility to submit comments
• Due account
• Publication of the decision
• Public participation in reconsideration of a permit
• No public participation for certain types of reconsideration
• Art. 24(1) IED vs Art. 6(10) Aarhus
• Access to justice
• How to determine who has standing
• Requirements of Art. 9(4) Aarhus